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(BA) qnyn
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qnyn is a Hebrew noun.

The outline below is adapted from BDB.

qnyn: thing got or acquired, acquisition

  • 1. thing acquired by purchase
    • of property, Genesis 34:23, 36:6; Joshua 14:4; Ezekiel 38:12, 13 (in all distinguished from miqne, livestock);
    • parallel to "house", Psalm 105:21;
    • miqne qinyano, Genesis 31:18, probably a doublet (Septuagint omits);
    • bekol-qinyanka qene bina, Proverbs 4:7, with (or at the price of) all that thou hast acquired, get understanding.
  • 2. more generally: collective., creatures, compare the root qnh, 1.a.

Source
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Brown, Francis; Driver, S. R.; and Briggs, Charles A. (1907). A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament with an Appendix Containing the Biblical Aramaic, Based on the Lexicon of William Gesenius, as Translated by Edward Robinson, Late Professor in the Union Theological Seminary, New York.

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